A new discussion document from COPE on "Addressing ethics complaints from complainants who submit multiple issues" has now been published and can be read here: http://publicationethics.org/files/Addressing_ethics_complaints_from_complainants_wh ...

The topic for discussion at this Forum was ‘How should a journal deal with persistent complainers?’ Every so often a journal may get not one, but a series of complaints from the same source. These complaints may be directed at an author, an editor, or the ...